This is Part II of TSG’s discussion with Amsterdam-based Greg Seltzer of MLSSoccer.com and No Short Corners. You can find Part I, here. Matthew: So who are the key Americans abroad that US fans should truly be excited by? So many times one goal is enough to chop a forest worth’s of timber to power the [...]
Archive for December, 2011
20 Dec
Report: David Beckham Gonzo, Headed To PSG For Hefty Price Tag
(Lot of news snippets today). Reports out of Paris today–that’s Le Parisien’s (a Paris daily) on the left–that David Beckham will–at long last–make his way to Paris Saint-Germain for the tidy fee of $18.7M over 18-months. Ligue1 will represent the fourth league that Beckham will attempt to win a championship in (The Premiership, La Liga, MLS); [...]
20 Dec
Luis Suarez Banned 8 Matches by FA
Liverpool striker and Uruguayan national Luis Suarez was banned 8 games today by England’s Football Association for racially abusing Manchester United’s Patrice Evra, cited for calling him a “Negro” on multiple occasions in a game in October. Suarez will also be fined £40,000. Suárez has 14 days to appeal the ruling and sentence. Suárez admitted calling [...]
20 Dec
Part I of II: On The US Foreign Services With Greg Seltzer
Amsterdam-based Greg Seltzer is certainly a unique cat. Greg decided long ago to make his name and career in soccer reporting and found himself relocated over to the Netherlands reporting for Soccer America. With the re-vamp, or re-start if you prefer, of MLSSoccer.com and the need for a qualitative reporter on player movement became clear, [...]
17 Dec
Ode To The Great One, Mr. Constant, George Vecsey
Perhaps it only fitting that I learned about it on Twitter, the preferred destination of choice today for breaking sports news and story distribution. The great and incomparable New York Times sports reporter and event recorder George Vecsey retiring his weekly column. Say it ain’t so George. Say it ain’t so. The news felt like [...]
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